Working%20Practices

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Working Practices
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Flexible Working

• A flexible working environment has different
  types of work areas within it

1. Hot Desk- a workstation, equipped with standard
   equipment, which may be used by employees who
   need to visit the organisation to undertake some
   work

1. Touch-Down Areas used by employees who require
   to make a brief visit to the office eg to send an
   email or fax

1. Carrels small booths where an employee works on
   his/her work, allows privacy to work undisturbed

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Alternatives to 9-5, permanent contracts

• Job-sharing employees share a full-time job
  between them. Each employee is paid a proportion
  of the full-time salary. Not suitable for all
  types of employment eg senior management posts

1. Flexitime employees are given some flexibility
   in organising their starting and finishing times
   allows employees to start/leave early or late
   or take a longer lunch-break. Should improve
   timekeeping, rush-hour traffic can be avoided.

1. Homeworking/Teleworking employees work at home
   for some or all of the time. Suitable for jobs
   where an employee spends a great deal of time
   working on a computer. Work which is undertaken
   at home and transmitted to the employer using ICT
   equipment and phone links is known as teleworking.

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Flexible Work Practices

• Impact on the employee
• less stress able to achieve balance between
  work and personal life
• less resentment towards management
• high productivity
• good morale and motivation
• feeling of involvement

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Flexible Work Practices

• Impact on Organisation/Employer
• reduced build up of stress
• refreshed workforce
• improved morale
• increased productivity.

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Outsourcing
Outsourcing is when an organisation allows some
of its non core activities to be carried out by
an outside company.

• Allows organisation to concentrate on their core
  activities.
• Organisation doing the outsourced work will have
  more expertise and produce more professional
  work.
• Fewer staff needed.
• Can save organisation money.

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Career Breaks
Someone taking time out of their career to do
something else but with the intention of resuming
their career at a later date.

• Advantages to an employee of taking a career
  break
• Time and space to explore other options knowing
  their career can restart at a later date.
• Refreshed and energised to restart their career.
• Improved morale.

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Revision Questions
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Revision Question 1
Explain what is meant by the term homeworking?
When would you use the term teleworking?
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Revision Question 2
Your organisation is considering introducing
flexible working - Suggest one advantage to an
employee of teleworking Suggest one advantage to
an employer of teleworking
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Revision Question 3
What does the term job-share mean? What does
the term flexitime mean?
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Revision Question 4
What is hot desking? Workers may require
quiet areas within the office to carry out
complex work. What could the employer provide to
allow the worker to be undisturbed.
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Revision Question 5
Describe what is meant by a career break.
Describe 2 benefits to an employee of taking a
career break.
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Revision Question 6
Describe what is meant by outsourcing. Describe
2 benefits to an organisation of outsourcing an
activity or job.
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